National basketball league reigning champions Espoir extended their hunt for the local basketball league title as they humbled Cercle Sportif de Kigali (CSK) and United Generation (UGB) over the weekend.

Espoir’s forward Olivier Shyaka was in fine form as he scored a game high 26 points on Friday before adding 20 points in Saturday’s game.

Against UGB, it was Lionnel Hakizimana’s turn to shine as he scored the game high 21 points and 2012 Most Valuable Player Arstide Mugabe added 18 points, while Bienvenue Ngandu added 17 points for Jean Bahufite’s team. With four matches played so far, things seem to be going according to plan for the champions and Bahufite is determined to win a third successive league title.

Prior to this season, Espoir lost just one game in the national league for two consecutive seasons and remain the only unbeaten team this season.